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DESIGN CALCULATION AN9803/R 27/11/02

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Subject Staircase Pressurization

Number of Floors 18 18
Door Height 7 ft
Door Width 3 ft
Door cracks will be 1/8 of an inch
Stairwell shaft length 5.0 m
Stairwell shaft width 5.0 m

Number of Doors 18
Number of Doors to be considered 1.8 Note: Changed to 20% instead of 10% Ibrahim Bejjani
Number of doors in exit level 1
Number of doors in other levels 0.8 ABS sign added to have > 1 door oopen
50% of 0.8 as per requiremnets 0.4
Total number of doors to be considered 1.40

Door Areas 29.4 ft2

Aproximation Areas Aa 269 ft2
Exfiltration Area/door 0.208 ft2
Total exfiltration Area 3.75 ft2

for 0.05 Ad/Aa 0.08 Cs 0.0099

for 0.02 Aex/Aa 0.01 Cs 0.01

for 0.05 Q= 16669.86 CFM

for 0.2 Q= 4231.2 CFM 0.2 instead of 0.02

Total flow Q= 20901.06 CFM

10% SF 22991 CFM

in lps 10851 l/s 10.85 m3/s 39062 m3/hr

Staircase total volume 1350 m3

Air Changes per Hour 29

Using a velocity of 3000 fpm in main ducts Max: 3000 fpm

Using a velocity of 700 fpm in supply grilles Max: 1000 fpm
 Therefore OR Length Width
(mm) (mm)
Main Duct Area: 0.712 m2 1424 500
Grille Branch Area: 0.170 m2 424 400
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Duct Size

Schedule of Equipment Area Length Width

Centrifugal Fan (mm) (mm) (mm)
lps per outlet: 600 lps 0.040 1 See Grille Branch Above
Fan selection: 10800 lps 0.079 2 317 250
Static Pressure: 25 mm WG 0.119 3 297 400
Stairwell Pressurization 0.158 4 317 500
0.198 5 396 500
0.237 6 475 500
0.277 7 554 500
0.633 8 1266 500
0.712 9 1424 500
0.791 10 1583 500
0.871 11 1741 500
0.950 12 1899 500
1.029 13 2058 500
1.108 14 2216 500
1.187 15 2374 500
1.266 16 2532 500
1.345 17 2691 500
1.424 18 2849 500
Note: Changed to 20% instead of 10% Ibrahim Bejjani